Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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