Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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