Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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