Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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