Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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