Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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