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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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