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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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