Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are usually 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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