Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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