Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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