Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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