Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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