Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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