Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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