Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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