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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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