Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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