Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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