Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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