Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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