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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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