Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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