Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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