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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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