Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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