Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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