Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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