Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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