Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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