Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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