Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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