Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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