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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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