Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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