Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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