Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free 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 topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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