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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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