Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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