Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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