Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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