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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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