Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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