Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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