Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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