Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally 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 lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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