Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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