Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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