Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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