Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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