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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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