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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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