Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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