Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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