Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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