Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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