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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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