Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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