Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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