Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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