Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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