Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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