Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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