Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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