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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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