Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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