Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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