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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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