Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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