Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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