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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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