Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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