Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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