Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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