Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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