Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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