Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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