Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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