Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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