Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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