Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key 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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