Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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