Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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