Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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