Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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