Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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