Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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