Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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