Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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