Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the 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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