Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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