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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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