Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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