Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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