Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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