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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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