Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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