Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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