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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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