Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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