Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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