Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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