Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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