Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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