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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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