Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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