Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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