Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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