Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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