Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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