Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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