Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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