Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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