Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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