Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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