Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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