Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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