Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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