Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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