Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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