Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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