Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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