Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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