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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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