Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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