Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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