Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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