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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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