Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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