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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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