Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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