Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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