Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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