Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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