Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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