Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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