Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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