Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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