Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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