Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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