Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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