Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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