Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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