Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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