Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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