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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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