Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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