Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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