Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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