Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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