Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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