Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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