Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally 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 issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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