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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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