Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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