Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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