Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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