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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students 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 subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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