Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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