Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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