Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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