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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand 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 topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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