Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines 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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