Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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