Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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