Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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