Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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