Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the 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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