Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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