Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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