Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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