Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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