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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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