Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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