Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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