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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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