Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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