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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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