Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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