Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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