Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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