Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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