Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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