Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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