Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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