Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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