Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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