Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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