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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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