Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the 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 book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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