Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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