Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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