Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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