Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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