Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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