Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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