Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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