Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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