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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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