Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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