Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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