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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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