Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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