Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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