Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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