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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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