Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider 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 organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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