Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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