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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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