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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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