Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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