Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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