Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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