Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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