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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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