Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education