Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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