Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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