Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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