Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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