Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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