Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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