Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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