Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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