Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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