Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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