Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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