Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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