Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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