Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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