Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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