Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies 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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