Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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