Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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