Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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