Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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