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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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