Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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