Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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