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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the 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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