Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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