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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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