Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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