Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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