Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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