Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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