Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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