Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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