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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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