Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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