Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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