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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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