Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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