Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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