Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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