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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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