Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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