Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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