Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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