Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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