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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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