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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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