Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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