Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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