Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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