Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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