Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because 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 organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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