Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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