Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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