Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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