Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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