Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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