Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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