Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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