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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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