Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally 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 technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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