Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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