Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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