Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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