Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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