Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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