Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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