Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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