Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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