Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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