Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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