Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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