Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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