Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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