Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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