Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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