Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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