Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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