Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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