Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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