Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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