Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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