Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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