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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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