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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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