Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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