Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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