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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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