Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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