Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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