Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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