Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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