Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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