Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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