Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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