Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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