Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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