Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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