Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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