Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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