Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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