Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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