Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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