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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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