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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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