Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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