Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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