Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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