Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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