Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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