Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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