Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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