Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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