Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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