Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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