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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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