Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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