Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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