Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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