Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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