Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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