Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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