Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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