Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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