Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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