Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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