Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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