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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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