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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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