Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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