Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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