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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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