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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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