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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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