Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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