Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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