Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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