Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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