Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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