Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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