Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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