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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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