Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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