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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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