Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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