Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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