Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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