Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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