Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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