Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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