Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major 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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