Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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