Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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