Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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