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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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