Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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