Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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