Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally 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 issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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