Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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