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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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