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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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