Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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