Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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