Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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