Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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