Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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