Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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 many subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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