Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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