Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free 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 several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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