Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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