Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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