Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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