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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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