Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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