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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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