Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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