Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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