Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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