Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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