Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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