Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online 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 learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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