Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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