Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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