Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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