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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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