Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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