Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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