Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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