Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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