Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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