Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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