Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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