Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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