Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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