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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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