Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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