Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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