Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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