Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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