Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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