Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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