Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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