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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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