Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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