Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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