Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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