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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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