Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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