Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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