Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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