Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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