Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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