Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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