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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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