Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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