Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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