Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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