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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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