Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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