Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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