Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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