Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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