Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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