Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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