Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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