Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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