Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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