Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing 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 authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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