Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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