Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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