Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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