Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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