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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 variety of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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