Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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