Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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