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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.

Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition? This sensational new book also researches the major barriers associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. For more details about this exciting new book please see Massively Open Online Courses.

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