Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the most important 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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