Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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