Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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