Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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