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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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