Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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