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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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