Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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