Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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