Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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