Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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