Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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