Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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