Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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