Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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