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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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