Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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