Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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