Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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