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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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