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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically 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 several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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