Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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