Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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