Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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