Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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