Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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