Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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