Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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