Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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