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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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