Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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