Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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