Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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