Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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