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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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