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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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