Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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