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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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