Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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