Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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