Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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