Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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