Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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