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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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