Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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