Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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