Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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