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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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