Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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