Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. 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 MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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