Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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