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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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