Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing 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 educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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