Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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