Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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