Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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