Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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