Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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