Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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