Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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