Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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